One of the best ways to experience a culture is through its food, and though Barbados has many fine-dining restaurants that shouldn’t be missed, it’s through its street food that you not only make new discoveries but get to know the island’s food history and culture more intimately

No visit to Holetown is complete without a trip to 1st and 2nd Street. This horseshoe-shaped street in the parish of St James is ‘the’ place on the West coast where everyone can enjoy diverse food choices.

Every January the Caribbean regatta season opens with Barbados Sailing Week, featuring three days of coastal racing on the south and west coasts of the island, with the headlining event, the legendary Mount Gay Round Barbados Race, rounding out the week.